Democrats in both race are well behind in the polls. Questioned on what Davis need to do to bring her numbers up, Mackowiak said, “Yes, she does need to improve. She needs to be, I think, a little bit less robotic.”

"To me he was clearly more substantive, he was obviously more positive, and he looked like a governor. I mean, Gregg Abbott looked like a governor, and Wendy Davis looked like a governor candidate. Wendy, strategically I think, chose to continue being very negative, which she's done with her paid television ads. She chose to continue being negative in the debate itself. And that is always a dicey strategy because the more negative you are the less you look like someone of stature who could perhaps serve in an office like Governor", Mackowiak said.

Mackowiak said that there is some rumbling on the Left about Hillary's "hawkishness" as well as about her dealings in Wall street, and whether these subjects may allow the entry of Elizabeth Warren on the primary scene.

"You do have a number of liberals and Democrats who said how outrageous this is, it's a long list and includes David Axelrod and Alan Dershowitz, Jonathan Chait of the New Republic, and it's a long list at this point", said Mackowiak.

Lubbock City Council incumbents Victor Hernandez and Karen Gibson won re-election this evening, with Hernandez turning back a credible challenge by Frank Gutierrez to keep his District One seat. Hernandez ca

The two men challenging incumbent Congressman Randy Neugebauer in the upcoming GOP primary election met in a town-hall style debate last night, explaining to voters their positions on both local and national policy issues

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